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forgotmypw3 on March 17, 2019 | parent | context | favorite | on: Why Are Human Teeth So Messed Up? (2017)

I think a big part of it is that once you have even a minor cavity, eating anything sweet hurts like hell, so people just don't eat sweet stuff when they're older and have lost their baby teeth.

war1025 on March 17, 2019 [–]

The feeling of a candy bar getting just right into the cracks of your molars is a great motivator for avoiding such things.

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